Portfolio
Challenges that have repeatedly arisen in our work include:
- Opposing interests of shareholders and owners
- Differences in understanding between the board of directors and senior management
- High level of complexity of business transitions
- Lack of transparency in employee communications
- Resources
The following cases in small and medium-sized enterprises in Switzerland and internationally illustrate the wide range of roles and responsibilities that we have performed in operational practice. In each case, a representative of our team had a leadership role.
Industry
Listed group of companies
Project manager
- Efficiency increase for a business unit’s research & development function
- Development of product portfolio management
- Creation of a development manual
Research & development company
Board member and partner
- Support of senior management
- Management buyout
Medium-sized Swiss industrial business with subsidiaries in Europe
Marketing/Sales Manager and member of the senior management team
- International sales management
- Integration of acquired subsidiaries
International textile group
CEO, Board delegate and partner
- Purchase and management of a group of companies in Switzerland and Germany
- Transition of the group with transfer of equipment to Asia
- Redevelopment of the production facilities in Thailand, sale of assets, major restructuring of personnel
- Provision of production facilities for property development
Information Security
IT security group in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Executive Chairman and partner
- Strategic leadership
- Proactive support of group management
Real Estate
Real Estate Company
CEO, Chairman and partner
- Development of industrial locations with zone and design planning
- Realisation of partial and anchor utilisation
- Sale of overall portfolio
Innovation and Training
Innovation incubator for start-ups
Property owner and member of the Board of Trustees
- Development of a location for start-up companies including financing and establishing stakeholders such as banks, sector companies, technological institutes and universities
Zurich (ZHAW) and Rapperswil (HSR) Universities of Applied Sciences
Lecturer
- Training in electrical, drive, measurement and control systems
- Training for strategic management as well as project and quality management
- Training for e-commerce solutions
Advisory
Medium-sized Swiss company with international focus
Project manager
- Proactive support of senior management
- Development of a quality management system with certification
- Evaluation of new technologies
Senior management consulting
Managing partner and partner of the Swiss company
- Consulting services in Switzerland, Germany and Austria for industry, commercial and financial services